Roland VA-76 owner manual Useful options, Compatibility note

Features

Useful options

FC-7 Foot Controller The FC-7 Foot Controller allows you to perform various Style selection functions (Fill In To Original/To Variation, Start/Stop, etc.) by foot. Connect it to the FC7 PEDAL socket at the back of your VA-76. The functions performed by the FC-7’s foot switches is program- mable.

Note: The FC-7 cannot be used as MIDI pedal board because it transmits pulses rather than MIDI messages. Do not try to connect it to the MIDI IN jack of your VA-76, or any other instrument.

EV-5 or BOSS FV-300L expression pedal

DP-2, DP-6, or

FS-5U Foot Switch

MSA, MSD, and MSE series Style Disks

RH series headphones

An optional EV-5 or BOSS FV-300L expression pedal can be used to perform various tasks, such as master volume changes.

You will probably need two DP-2 (DP-6 or Boss FS-5U) footswitches. One should be con- nected to the SUSTAIN FOOTSWITCH socket to function as Hold pedal.

A second DP-2 (DP-6 or Boss FS-5U) can be used to perform various selectable tasks. The FOOT SWITCH assignment can be saved to a User Program along with all other settings.

The MSA, MSD, and MSE series Music Style disks contain new Styles. The MSE Music Style series was specially developed for the VA-76, G-1000, EM-2000, G-800, G-600, E-96, and RA-800. The MSE series Styles take advantage of the VA-76’s new sounds. You will have no trouble reading MSA and MSD series Style disks on your VA-76 (upward compat- ibility).

A pair of Roland RH series headphones (RH-25 or RH-50) can be connected to the PHONES socket.

Compatibility note

Though Music Styles for previous Roland arranger instruments can be used with the VA-76, Performance Memories (G-1000) or User Programs (EM-2000) are not compati- ble. You can, however, share User Programs, Styles, etc. with VA-7, VA-5, and VA-3 users. Furthermore, the VA-7’s VariPhrases are fully compatible with the VA-76 (and vice versa).

General MIDI 2 The upwardly compatible General MIDI 2 () recommendations pick up where the original General MIDI left off, offering enhanced expressive capabilities, and even greater compatibility. Issues that were not covered by the original General MIDI recommenda- tions, such as how sounds are to be edited, and how effects should be handled, have now been precisely defined. Moreover, the available sounds have been expanded. General MIDI 2-compliant sound generators are capable of reliably playing back music files that carry either the General MIDI or General MIDI 2 logo. In some cases, the conventional form of General MIDI, which does not include the new enhancements, is referred to as “General MIDI 1” as a way of distinguishing it from General MIDI 2.

Note: Only the VA-76’s Song Composer is fully GM2 compatible.

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